by Jessica Scott | Jun 18, 2012 | army officers, company command, Iraq, Rants, redeployment, Uncategorized
It seems there is always time for nostalgia when it comes to the Army of yesterday. The 80s Army looks back on the Vietnam Army, the 90s Army on the pre-stress card Army of the 80s. The OIF/OEF Army looking back on the 90s Army… Wait, what? Well before the last MRAP...
by Jessica Scott | May 20, 2012 | army officers, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war
I’ve been following the entire discussion about women going to Ranger school for a little while now. Like since I commissioned. Back when I was at Fort Benning for Officer Candidate school, we had the discussion about women going to the school. Was it really about the...
by Jessica Scott | May 16, 2012 | deployment, Iraq, leadership, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war
Today marks the day that women are “officially” allowed in the maneuver battalions. I’m not going to re-hash the long trail of tears over how we got to this day: the short version is this is a good thing. But it’s not that big of a thing in the grand scheme of an army...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 12, 2012 | moms at war, Rants, Uncategorized, women at war, working mom
Sometimes the most eloquent thing I can say about a subject is “I call bullshit”. Look, I work. I’m a mom. One of my best friends in the entire world is a stay at home mom. And you know what that makes us? Both moms. We respect each other’s choices. I will never, ever...
by Jessica Scott | Apr 11, 2012 | Rants, Uncategorized
Let me tell you a story. When I was a company commander, we gave an article 15 to a soldier for smoking pot. So what, right? She was pregnant. It was her third offense of smoking pot while she was pregnant. (we’ve been in the process of throwing her out for a while....
by Jessica Scott | Mar 8, 2012 | Rants, Uncategorized
This week saw the backlash against Rush Limbaugh’s hateful comments go into full swing and my tweets and blog post were part of that. I said my piece because the attacks on women’s right to decide for themselves their medical health reached a point where I had to...
